Category Archives: England

Bradford – Sheesh Mahal – The Sheesh Mahal has re-opened!

The Sheesh Mahal (6 Saint Thomas’s Road, Bradford, BD1 2RW) re-opened exactly one week ago.  The Friends of Hector are in town, let the Hector have his Curry! Arriving from New Year in Ulverston via an afternoon in Haworth, a … Continue reading

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Ulverston – A Taste of Balti on Hogmanay

Taste of Balti (23 Market St, Ulverston, LA12 7LR) is next door (almost) to the Piel Castle where The Friends of Hector made their rendezvous. A table for twelve was booked for 20.00. Arriving punctually it was evident we would … Continue reading

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Bradford, The International Curry #3 : Curry, three times in one day, at the same restaurant!

Craig and Yvonne planned to join Hector for his third Curry-Heute at The International (40-42 Morley St, Bradford, BD7 1BA). Howard and Tracey had taken an earlier train back from Huddersfield and might possibly still be there. Alas, Hector was … Continue reading

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Bradford, The Curry Capital – The International Curry#2 : Curry for Breakfast

Robin and Hector joined ?Stan! for breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express. Coffee and Juice is all I was interested in. Hector had other plans. The rest of group were heading through to Leeds for the first part of our … Continue reading

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Bradford, The International, Curry#1 : It may have taken ages to get here, but I made it…

After the pleasant but brief visit to the Saltaire Brewery, ?Stan! kidnapped us before we had a chance to check-in at The Holiday Inn Express in the fair city of Bradford. It was well after midnight when we finally took … Continue reading

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No Crawley Curry-Heute for Hector

… but Dom has some Argy Bhaji Wandering back from the Swan in Crawley, Dom insisted that we go for an Indian Takeaway.  With an early rise, as in really early rise for a ‘plane to  München the thought of … Continue reading

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Bradford, The International! Tonight I may have tasted my best ever Curry!

Hector loves Curry. Hector could eat Curry every day but for practical reasons chooses not to. In the course of a week I hope to enjoy one truly great Curry and make do with my own creations or some more … Continue reading

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The Keighley Curry House, fed here at last…

Two and one half years ago we had a trip to Yorkshire to celebrate Craig’s 50th Birthday.  Keighley was as close as we got to Bradford on that trip; the Curry House (112/114 East Parade, Keighley, BD21 5JA) was the … Continue reading

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Bradford – The Sheesh Mahal has closed, hence an overdue return to Omar’s Balti House

This is the Glasgow September Weekend, what finer way to spend it than in Bradford, Glasgow’s arch rival to the title of Glasgow Curry Capital? Hector chooses to abstain from any voting, I know where the best Curry is served. … Continue reading

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Essence of India, Harlow

Lord Clive had contacted Hector during the week to ascertain if there was a Curry House in Harlow of note. The best report I could find was at an outlying address. Pot luck was my verdict. Clive knew that Maggie … Continue reading

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